黄衣之王（克苏鲁神话魔书 罗伯特·W·钱伯斯） The King in Yellow

基本信息

Publisher：Poisoned Pen Press

Publication date：August 3, 2021

Language：English

Print length：256 pages

ISBN-10：1464213712

ISBN-13：978-1464213717

Item Weight：9.6 ounces

Dimensions：5.51 x 0.63 x 8.5 inches

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书籍简介

谁敢读《黄衣之王》？

一个男人被一位想要夺走他灵魂的教堂管风琴师追杀。一位艺术家反复目睹一个形似棺材蠕虫的守卫，饱受折磨。鬼魂、迷路的猫，以及引发可怕后果的科学实验。这十个故事各自都令人毛骨悚然，而它们交织在一起，则编织出一种邪恶诡异的魔咒，必将引人入胜。

书中隐约提及一部同名戏剧，但该戏剧从未在书中出现——据说这部戏剧“会使读者陷入绝望或疯狂”。《黄衣之王》无疑是罗伯特·W·钱伯斯杰出的作品。早在“怪诞故事”一词出现之前，这本书就迅速影响了一代又一代的怪诞故事作家。H·P·洛夫克拉夫特对这本书推崇备至，称赞它达到了“宇宙恐惧的显著高度”。

钱伯斯的天才之作将带领读者进入恐怖的地方——他们自己的想象世界。

这本精美的新版重印本收录了《真探》的创作者兼编剧尼克·皮扎拉托的导言。

Who dares to read The King in Yellow?

A man pursued by a church organist who wants his soul. An artist plagued by repeated sightings of a watchman who looks like a coffin worm. Ghosts, wayward cats, and scientific dabblings with dire consequences. Each of these ten tales is chilling in its own right, but taken together, they weave a wickedly eerie spell that is sure to enthrall.

United by vague references to a play with the same name, which never appears in the book―a play that "induces despair or madness in those who read it"―The King in Yellow is undoubtedly Robert W. Chambers' finest work. The book quickly gained an influence over generations of writers of "weird tales," long before there was even a name for them. H. P. Lovecraft greatly admired the book, hailing it as achieving "notable heights of cosmic fear."

Chambers' genius will take readers to the most horrifying place of all―their own imaginations.

This beautiful new reprint includes an introduction by creator and writer of True Detective, Nic Pizzalatto.

作者简介

罗伯特·W·钱伯斯是一位美国小说家和短篇小说作家。他知名，或许也是杰出的作品是《黄衣之王》，这是一部新艺术风格的短篇小说集，出版于1895年。E·F·布莱勒称《黄衣之王》是美国重要的超自然小说作品之一。它也深受H·P·洛夫克拉夫特及其圈子的推崇，并启发了许多现代作家，包括卡尔·爱德华·瓦格纳、约瑟夫·S·普尔弗、林·卡特、詹姆斯·布利什、尼克·皮佐拉托、迈克尔·西斯科、安·K·施瓦德、罗伯特·M·普莱斯、加拉德·埃尔夫兰松和查尔斯·斯特罗斯。

莱斯利·S·克林格是两度荣获埃德加奖的编辑，他编辑了《新注释版福尔摩斯探案集》和《20世纪20年代美国经典犯罪小说》。他还编辑了两部经典推理小说选集，并与劳里·R·金合编了五部受福尔摩斯探案集启发的短篇小说选集。克林格是美国国会图书馆犯罪经典丛书的系列编辑，该丛书由美国国会图书馆和毒笔出版社/Sourcebooks合作出版。他曾任美国推理作家协会南加州分会主席，现居加利福尼亚州马里布。

Robert W. Chambers was an American novelist and short story writer. His most famous, and perhaps most meritorious, effort is The King in Yellow, a collection of Art Nouveau short stories published in 1895. E. F. Bleiler described The King in Yellow as one of the most important works of American supernatural fiction. It was also strongly admired by H.P. Lovecraft and his circle, and has inspired many modern authors, including Karl Edward Wagner, Joseph S. Pulver, Lin Carter, James Blish, Nic Pizzolatto, Michael Cisco, Ann K. Schwader, Robert M. Price, Galad Elflandsson and Charles Stross.

LESLIE S. KLINGER is the two-time Edgar® winning editor of New Annotated Sherlock Holmes and Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s. He has also edited two anthologies of classic mysteries and, with Laurie R. King, five anthologies of stories inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon. Klinger is the series editor of Library of Congress Crime Classics, a partnership of the Library of Congress and Poisoned Pen Press/Sourcebooks. He is a former Chapter President of the SoCal Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America and lives in Malibu, California.